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' G. W. CLEMENTST TIRE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION min DEC. 10. 1am.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

i *Beit knownthat I, GEORGE acitizen of the United States, residing at clare the 1 following to be a "fiill, 'clea exact descrlption of the same, suclraswv'ill csaa ontin ,wj. ionnnnn'rs, OFDETROITMMICHIGAN} J iball whom it may concern: 1 j i CLEMEN'PS,

Detroit, c ounty of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement 1n T re Attachments, and deenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to means for securing rims of automobile wheels and consists in the improvements hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of an automobile wheel, the rim being secured in place by an apparatus embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view on the line 22 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View on the line 3-3 Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail plan View, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a modified construction of the turn-buckle shown in Fig. l.

a is a hub, b the spokes, c the felly and (Z the folly band of a vehicle wheel. 65 is an annular flange around the inner edge of the folly band (Z. f is the tire and e the grooved band or rim of the usual construction carrying the tire 7 between its two lateral annular flanges and adapted to fit over the felly band (7 in the usual way. 9 indicates the attaching bolts extending through the felly, provided with heads upon one side of the same and with screw threads, and engaging nuts, upon the other side.

The above is the usual conventional construction.

I provide two arcuate strips 71. and 71. each extending for nearly a semi-circle and having outwardly extending lugs 71 upon their ends. z' i are screw-threaded bolts each engaging by right and left threads with its opposite ends in screw threaded apertures in a pair of adjacent lugs k 70*. The bolts 21 are provided with a square portion at their center and screw threaded for the rest of their lengths, the construction formin What is usually called a turn-buckle. it indicates slots formed through the arcuate strips It [t i ficai fieem a we; Patented-Sept 2.1 .919. Q-ap iieanofi ia neifiber is are}seriainoleeaaee. l

extending parallelto the bolts Mend engaging the bolts g whereon the strips are held by the nuts 9 The strips la h? areformed in the arc of a circle whose-radius is ap-i proximately the radius *of the wheel. The

strips 7;- h for the larger portion of their i' her Sm-face *li e"flat agaiiist the fel ly but atth'eir outer edge turn outward as shown at h in Fig. 2, so as to present a shelving surface to engage the tire rim 6 along its outer edge. Each of the strips h h is cut away as shown at k at its ends and outer edge in a way and for a purpose hereinafter described.

The method of using and the operation of the above described device is as follows:

The strips are placed as shown in Fig. 1 with the bolts 9 extending through the slots h and the turn-buckle and bolts 71 2' engaging their respective pairs of lugs. The bolts i have been so adjusted as to draw the parts it it toward each other until their outer edges come below the inner edge of the tire rim a mounted upon the felly band of the wheel. The bolts 2' i are turned so as to force the strips h k away from each other and force their shelving edges it outward along the outer edge of the tire rim 6 thus forcing said rim against the flanged of the folly band and securing the tire rim firmly upon the wheel. If the nuts 9 upon the bolts 9 are loosened to permit of the above described operation they are now screwed up securing the strips 71. h firmly in place and holding the tire securely upon the wheel. It is seldom necessary to actuate the nuts.

It will be observed that the above described device can be used with wheels of the usual construction. The engaging clips that are usually used being dispensed with.

The strips h k are cut away, as shown at it so that they shall clear the tire band 6 when said strips are drawn toward each other to disengage, and permit the removal of the tire.

It is obvious that the minor details of the structure may be modified without departing from my invention. Its essential features are the use of two semi-circular members, engaging the detachable rim which carries the tire, and means for obviating the difiiculty inherent in the use of such semicircular members, and means for spreading the same so as to engage the rim, and to extending laterally from said Wheel'," arcu'ate I entirely withdraw the semi-circular members f qnr tially as described.

What I claim is:

1. The combination -of a'-wheelhavinga removable tire rim thereon, securing bolts strips having parallel slots therethrough, said-stripswengaging-against the side of said wheel with said bolts \extendilig through said slots, and means for drawing said strips tow;ard;-each other enforcing-the igamezflpart, said: slots :beingnadaptedto iguideand" per- G ogi es;,ot :tliis patengmay be obtained ffo --,mit=}the i'motionwofasaid; strips for thejpurpose described.

T52. fllhezcombinationmf a wheel, av t re rim forcing said strips apart or drawing them together, and means for securing sa1d strips and means for guiding each of the same in 'a'm'otionof translation parallel to a radius of the-vszh-eel,saidstrips being adapted to engage said tire band for the purpose described when forced apart.

lntestimony whereof I sign this specifica- GEORGE CLEMENTS.

r fiveeents ea ch, -byzaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, E GSh J E Le -J 

